New Release Calendar, January 2012

The year starts off with Gotham City Impostors on the 10th and a few big releases at the end of the month.  The Silent Hill HD Collection interests me;  if being in HD is actually an improvement and the price isn’t ridiculous Konami has a sale.  There were some shenanigans over the voice acting earlier in the year, and I believe the results were Silent Hill 2 having the same VAs as the original and SH3 having different ones.

On an unrelated to videogames note, the 5th collected volume of the excellent comic book series The Unwritten comes out on the 17th.  It’s hard to describe the plot without spoiling the story, but basically it’s about the hidden worlds within fiction, how they shape reality, and a secret cabal that has been controlling the world for centuries with the power of stories.

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New Release Calendar, December 2011

Another slow December this year, the only exception being an MMO based on an obscure, under-capitalized little franchise called Star Battles or something.  Mario Kart is also rolling its way onto the 3DS in a few days.  Is Donkey Kong wearing his wife beater this time?  Tell me they’ve brought back the DK wife beater.  Not enough game this month for you?  If you’ve got any love of the awesomely bizzare, check out the Japanese pigeon dating game everyone is talking about, Hatoful Boyfriend:  http://clione.halfmoon.jp/hatoful-boyfriend/index.html.  English patch here: http://sce.inkwash.net/main/

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Castlevania Challenge Reminder

Just a reminder: the Castlevania Challenge ends on Sept 1st, only a week from today!  We’ve had a lot of great contenders, but the current leader is still the new streamer Chocolate, having finished the game in a little more than an hour and seven minutes.  If any of our streamers who haven’t tried yet think they can do better, now is the time to step up!

 

 

 

NA New Release Calendar, Sept 2011

Prinny and grid lovers rejoice, because Disgaea 4 for the PS3 finally comes out this month.  Other games of note being released include The Ico and Shadow of Colossus Collection, Gears of War 3, the Persona 2 port on the PSP, Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny for the PS3 and Wii, StarFox64 3D for the 3DS, and Kirby’s Mass Attack for the DS.  Not exactly a small month.

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